Papal family

Papal family ( Italian : famiglia pontificia ) is the name of the office holders , church dignitaries and church officials who stay in the immediate vicinity of the Pope and help the Pope to control and guide the Papal State.

The Pontifical family consists of clerical and lay people as well as members of the Pontifical Chapel , in particular Sacred which the honorific Pontifical honor Kaplan ( Mgr ), Pontifical honor Prälat and protonotary apostolic wear, as well as carrier of the Pontifical Silvester- and Gregory the , the Knights of the Holy grave to Jerusalem and the Knight of the Order of Malta . In addition, several officials in the Vatican who support the Pope as head of state in a special way belong to the papal family. The papal family is managed by the papal house .

In particular, the following ministers are included in the papal family:

Members of the clergy

• Substitute for the State Secretariat ("Interior Minister")
• Secretary for Relations with States ("Foreign Minister")
• Almsman of His Holiness
• President of the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy
• Theologian of the Papal House
• Preacher of the Papal House
• Papal assistants to the throne (traditionally clergy, should be reserved for lay people since 1968)
• Apostolic protonotaries
• Papal ceremonies
• Honorary Prelate of His Holiness
• Chaplains of His Holiness

Lay members

• Papal assistants to the throne (traditionally clergy, should be reserved for lay people since 1968)
• Special delegate of the Pontifical Commission for the State of the Vatican City
• Commander of the Swiss Guard
• President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
• Gentiluomo di Sua Santità (former Papal Chamberlain )
• Valet of the Pope

literature

• Fabrizio Rossi: The Vatican: Politics and Organization. CH Beck, 2011.

Web links

• Motu proprio Pontificialis Domus of Pope Paul VI.